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Volvo CEO – Diesel Is Dead. Well, Eventually…

Volvo customers looking for a diesel engine in their next new car might need to act sooner rather than later, as the increasingly-controversial fuel could be on the way out. That’s the call from Volvo CEO, Hakan Samuelsson, who reportedly told a


Volvo customers looking for a diesel engine in their next new car might need to act sooner rather than later, as the increasingly-controversial fuel could be on the way out.

That’s the call from Volvo CEO, Hakan Samuelsson, who reportedly told a German newspaper that the current round of diesels from the Chinese-owned, Swedish carmaker could be the last.

While Volvo’s position as a ‘green’ global carmaker will be in the minds of the company’s decision-makers, the cost of ongoing development to meet ever-tightening emissions standards could be the major motivating factor.

"From today's perspective, we will not develop any more new generation diesel engines," Samuelsson said, speaking with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

However, when pressed on the issue by Reuters, Samuelsson reportedly softened his stance, saying that diesel still has a role to play in reducing emissions thanks to the frugal nature of diesel engines.

To that end, diesels have at least a few bright years ahead, according to Samuelsson.

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